Syzygium australe
Brush Cherry
©David Witherall and Hitomi Oguchi: Goomboora Park, Freshwater Creek
©David Witherall and Tomoko Gregory: Freshwater Creek
©David: Goomboora Park, Freshwater Creek
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Syzygium
Species
Syzygium australe
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Interesting facts
- There are two wasps associated with this tree. One is a gall wasp that will lay an egg into the fruit. The egg hatches and releases hormones so that instead of growing the succulent red lilly pilly fruit the tree grows a home (a gall) for the larvae to develop in. The other is a parasitic wasp that will inject its long needle-like oviposter into the gall and lay an egg on the other wasp larvae. This egg will then hatch and eat the gall wasp larvae alive, metamorphose and fly out of it.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
